Ames hasn't had much luck against Indianola recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The Little Cyclones will square off against the Indians at 5:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Ames can't be too worried about heading out to take on Indianola: they just beat Cedar Falls at home, who had been dominant on their own field up to that point. The Little Cyclones won by a run and slipped past the Tigers 7-6. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Little Cyclones.
Meanwhile, Indianola entered their tilt with Oskaloosa on Monday with ten consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with 11. They walked away with a 6-2 win over Oskaloosa. Six seems to be a good number for Indianola as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Indianola pushed their record up to 17-3 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.3 runs over those games. As for Ames, their win bumped their record up to 15-9.
Ames couldn't quite finish off Indianola when the teams last played back in May of 2024 and fell 2-0. Can the Little Cyclones avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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